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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Quality | #1 | 4.634 | 4.634 |
| Overall | #2 | 4.456 | 4.456 |
| Impression | #4 | 4.463 | 4.463 |
| Creativity | #5 | 4.427 | 4.427 |
| Composition | #10 | 4.463 | 4.463 |
| Correlation to theme | #16 | 4.293 | 4.293 |
Ranked from 82 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
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- Thank you so much for including such expressive rubato writing here, especially on "A Mourning Sun and his Father", where the beautiful expressive guitar shines through with grace and panache. You have a talent for mixing those synth pads with the string/guitar stuff that's really beautiful. The opening of "False Sun of Shadow" definitely does some neat texture stuff. What great use of Bulgarian choir! It fits into the track in such a unique way-- I loved it. The Ligeti-esque vocal stuff here was also super-unique and effective. Also impressive are the faster little violin gestures which here are skillfully programmed and don't stick out at all-- no small feat, that. I always felt like your writing was going somewhere-- it lived, breathed, and had a sense of organic growth and life that felt deliberate while at once effortless-- each track made logical sense, note-to-note and bar-to-bar. "Guilt that Fades Away" absolutely took my breath away-- a triumph. You speak with such a unique musical voice-- hold on to that! It is so common for our musical language to collapse down into specific styles in game music, but you bring something unique to the table that I think is really wonderful, and I can't wait to hear more of your work!
Description
Cover art and concept art by NekdoNahodny
Tracks composed in Logic Pro. I heavily featured sample libraries by Cinematic Studio, Cinesamples, and Strezov Sampling. I made synths using Vital and Phase Plant. I also recorded acoustic guitar, Venezuelan cuatro, fretless bass, and some auxillary percussion. There are five tracks total: Two area themes, Two boss themes, and an ending theme.
When a god is dying the build up of guilt and the weight of sins absolved festers in their soul, their mind. Upon death all is burst outward ripping apart the known reality. It is the role of the mindwalkers to enter the mind of the dying gods to cleanse them of their guilt, preventing the collapse of reality and allowing this cycle of life to continue. Two mindwalkers are required for the ritual: One must enter from the outside, and the other is the catalyst human tasked with taking care of the god's mind's door since its birth. Together they are able to unlock the door and cleanse the god.
Track 1 - A Mourning Sun and His Father's Field: Upon entering the god's door you are met with a field. Watching over the field is a faint distant sun. The field is vast and plentiful with flowers. You and the other mindwalker explore the field. There are happy memories in this field: a shining child of a god destined to be the sun, and a loving father. But the father wished to be better...
Track 2 - False Sun of Shadow: You enter a house that breaks away upon entering. You are no longer in a field, but a dark void. In the center a skeletal figure tries taking form. A shadow of the son longing to be a bright sun of it's true potential. But he was enough. And his father, the god you entered, knew it but couldn't show it. This is the god's first guilt. You and your companion must defeat the sun.
Track 3 - Here lies a Village Not Saved: A ruined village lies before you. What's left of the wooden houses, churches, and markets are shrouded in vines and overgrowth. The luscious greens of the flora is contrasted by the crimson red flowers growing out of old broken chairs, tables, beds, and the floors of the village houses. Strange twisted trees with human features stand in a line leading you to a stone building in the center of town.
Track 4 - She Who Planted The Flowers: The interior of the stone building is larger than the size of the building from the outside would convey. Fog pours in from all sides. You are greeted by the goddess of life, mother of the sun. She reeks of the bloodlust that preyed on the village. Although merely a reflection, she shouldn't be underestimated. Can you kill death?
Track 5 - Guilt That Fades Away: The mind world melts away like candle wax. You and your companion step back into known reality. All of the gods guilt is resolved. You can leave the god and rest assured that all you know will remain intact.
Theme
How does it fit the theme?
You play as a "mindwalker" someone who has the ability to enter the mind worlds of gods. The game takes place inside the mind of a god. There are two player characters, one who enters the mind world with a more offensive play style and one who lives inside the mind world with a defensive play style who has to let you inside.
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Youtube Playlist Link: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoZq5D0TNLrDwMoWjYH8pkHJgl7ytgWbp
Number of tracks5
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Any non-commercial project
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Comments
The first entry I've listened to where I was shouting to myself at the computer the whole time. This is some next level stuff, everything is just amazing - the guitar playing is perfect, synths sound huge and gritty, the push and pull is just professional.
No way this isn't a perfect score!
Wow thank you! I spent a lot of time re-recording the guitar parts to get it right so I'm glad you liked it!
This is ridiculous, the level of artistry is out of this world.
I'd love to know what you used for the female voice at the beginning of False Sun of Shadow. Incredible Ghost In The Shell x Soulslike vibe!
The whole OST is amazing and an automatic 5 star on everything, I'll be rooting for you hard.
Insane at all levels!
Thank you! The female choir in the beginning of False Sun of Shadow is the quartet from Balkan Ethnic Orchestra by Strezov Sampling.
Thanks again for listening, this was a lot of work to put together and I'm glad you enjoyed it!
Enjoyed it? I subscribed on youtube and started sharing with everyone I know. I have absolutely no words that can express how impactful your work was, it's just insane. Incredible job!
PS: Thank you, definitely buying that!
I just wanna say, the artwork is AWESOME!
The artist is NekdoNahodny! I had worked with him in the past and reached out to him on very late notice for this OST Jam and I am very grateful for the work he put in
Epic, melancholic and haunting - you did it again! I hope we will get a Dark Fantasy game with your music one day! I loved the shift in tone for the final track - definitely my favorite and it ties the whole experience together nicely!
Thank you! I'd kill to work on a cool dark fantasy game...
Glad you liked the last track! I almost didn't submit the last track since I was running low on time and wanted to polish/finish the others and didn't know if I'd have time to finalize everything
this project is just so amazing i don’t even have the words to say anything! it just goes. beyond. such a fantastic experience, thank you for sharing it with us. if i had to pick a de-facto winner of the jam it’d have to be you :D
Definitely!
Finally found the time to have a proper listen of the whole soundtrack and just wow. Your unique concept and storytelling translate so well in this cinematic piece- it’s so captivating.
Thank you for listening!
Really beautiful atmospheric and glitchy percussion in False Sun of Shadow. All of the tracks have really nice soundstaging, and feel nice and wide without feeling overly so.
"Mindwalker" goes so crazy. Insane submission, loved it.
Amazing work, it's just so atmospheric and beautiful! I loved every moment of every track, and each painted such a vivid picture of what was going in the story and world. Fantastic job!
Absolutely mind-blowing. Each track captivated me so much, I could definitely hear this in a game.
The quality of this as a whole is just beyond, excellent work
oh my gosh i almost want to give this a perfect score for the story alone, it's so captivating. but instead i'm giving this a perfect score for the music cause holy cow this is amazing. the first track is a beautiful introduction into the realm this story takes place in, and the build up at the end is outstanding. track two is so well done and continues the story perfectly. track three is a gorgeous but tragic tale that captures the god's guilt of the village very well. track four poses an intimidating foe with pieces of the previous track still present, mixed wonderfully into the new sounds present. and then the final track, number five, is so easy to imagine at the end of a long, story driven game. i just imagine our two mindwalkers standing on a horizon, looking out into the distance as everything is purified. truly an amazing soundtrack, this is perfect.
Thank you for the in-depth review! That imagery of two mindwalkers on a journey together to save their world was something I really wanted to capture and I'm glad it come through. Thank you for taking the time to listen to my soundtrack!
Another absolute MASTERPIECE. The folk and electronic elements are expertly blended with the more cinematic orchestral elements that seem to drive the project forward as a whole, and each track succeeds in conveying its lore counterpart.
A Mourning Sun and His Father's Field: Wow! The composition and quality is top notch. And then when the synths come in! Amazing.
False Sun of Shadow: Very cinematic! This perfectly matches the scenario you described.
Here Lies a Village Not Saved: Love the texture combination here. Nice plucked strings and love the rhythm they give.
She Who Planted The Flowers: Sinister and foreboding. The SFX work here is my favorite throughout the OST.
Guilt That Fades Away: Beautiful! Perfect track to close out the OST. I loved the relatively calm ending in the solo piano.
Fantastic work as always! And the story is very interesting. Makes me want to try my hand at this kind of OST.
Honestly. Go touch grass LOL
I love everything about this soundtrack! <3
Go touch grass is real as hell, incredible masterpiece!
Woah, this is so intense. Stunning!
This is amazing
I love the textures and that first track is just... Wow. This is like top 3. First even.
Incredible work
I am amazed...
The concept of the mindwalkers is dope.
The fact that you could record actual instruments and make it sound that clean is impressive.
And your synth work is incredible as always !
❤️ inspiring !
Thank you so much! There was a lot of re-recording the guitars haha, glad you enjoyed it
wow wow wow...this concept is so good. beautiful guitar playing as well. super impressive mix of textures here too - the orchestral stuff and synths all blend seamlessly. definitely feels suitably epic, and the choir is a really nice touch. some passages brought to mind the Blasphemous OST! amazing production quality too. great harmonic sense, the last track especially is really really lovely. i want to play this game so badly!
really inspiring work, thank you!!
Thank you! It's been a while since I've played Blasphemous, I gotta replay it sometime it's such a cool game
Incredible